Lepoglava (German: Schönhaupt) is a city in Varaždin County, Croatia. It is located at around 46°12′38″N, 16°2′8″E. The Varaždin county of Croatia - Varaždinska županija is a county in northern Croatia, near the border with Slovenia and Hungary. ...
Lepoglava (German: Schönhaupt) is a town in Varaždin County, northern Croatia, located southwest of Varaždin, west of Ivanec and northeast of Krapina, at around 46°12′38″N, 16°2′8″E.
Lepoglava is probably best known for hosting the main Croatian prison.
In 1854, a monastery of the Pauline Fathers was transformed by the authorities into a penitentiary (this order would wait until 2001 for a part of its property there to be returned to the bishopric).
Lepoglava is a city in the Varaždin County some 20 km southwest of Varaždin.
Lepoglava is probably most well known as a site of a prison (where a number of important persons were held by regimes of both Yugoslavia in 20th century), but Lepoglava is also a cultural canter with a Pauline order monastery and is especially famous for the intricate lacework school.
The coat of arms of Lepoglava vert a raven sable holding a piece of bread in its beak standing on a lace clapper or with a sting argent.
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